Former President Donald Trump is amping up his efforts to fight the $83.3 million in damages a New York federal judge ordered him to pay E. Jean Carroll, court records show. Attorney William Scharf — a Republican candidate in Missouri’s attorney general race — filed Wednesday a motion to join the team appealing Judge Lewis Kaplan’s ruling, which found Trump liable for defaming the former writer whom he’s also been found liable for sexually abusing. “Trump is further beefing up his legal team,” explained MSNBC analyst Lisa Rubin. Want more breaking political news? Click for the latest headlines…